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Performance of angiographic, electrocardiographic and MRI methods to assess the area at risk in acute myocardial infarction
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015A Comparison of ECG scores for Area at RiskShow More
Versteylen et al (1) recently evaluated several area at risk (AAR) methods in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) using 4 physiologic principles, and concluded that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) methods out-perform angiographic methods, which are better than electrocardiographic (ECG) methods. However this study utilized the antiquated Aldrich score, rather than the updated ECG inde...
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